What were your reading experiences in 2013?

I've enjoyed the "What did you read" threads from the past couple of years. They always give me a chance to look back at what I've read over the course of the previous twelve months and reflect. I've been keeping an eye out for a new thread for this year but hadn't seen one. The last couple were started by StefanSeitz but, when I checked, he hasn't posted since last January.

So, without further ado, I'll go ahead and start a new thread this year with proper credit given to StefanSeitz. StefanSeitz, if you planned to quietly sneak back in here after a year and start a new thread, then I humbly apologize for stealing your thunder.

What did you read last year, Star Trek or otherwise?

Here is my list, in reading order.

Oh, and Happy New Year everyone!

- Byron

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn by David R. George III
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship by Una McCormack
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Persistence of Memory by David Mack
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Silent Weapons by David Mack
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Body Electric by David Mack
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
Star Trek: The Original Series: Allegiance in Exile by David R. George III
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye
Star Trek: The Original Series: That Which Divides by Dayton Ward
The Yard by Alex Grecian
Stalin's Hammer: Rome by John Birmingham
Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil's Bargain by Tony Daniel
In the Tall Grass by Stephen King
Angels of Vengeance by John Birmingham
Rage by Matthew J. Costello
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams by James Swallow
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Weight of Worlds by Greg Cox
Star Trek: The Original Series: A Choice of Catastrophes by Steve Mollmann
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Rings of Time by Greg Cox
Star Trek: Vulcan's Forge by Josepha Sherman
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Folded World by Jeff Mariotte
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
Star Trek: Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman
The Black Country by Alex Grecian
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Shocks of Adversity by William Leisner
The Admiral's Mark by Steve Berry
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry
Star Trek: The Original Series: Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter
Joyland by Stephen King
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
The Long War by Terry Pratchett
Star Trek: The Original Series: From History's Shadow by Dayton Ward
The Collected Stories, The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore
Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter Saga, Book I by R.A. Salvatore
Neverwinter: Neverwinter Saga, Book II by R.A. Salvatore
Charon's Claw: Neverwinter Saga, Book III by R.A. Salvatore
The Last Threshold: Neverwinter Saga, Book IV by R.A. Salvatore
Star Trek: The Fall: Revelation and Dust by David R. George III
Star Trek: The Fall: The Crimson Shadow by Una McCormack
Star Trek: The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack
The Crown Tower: The Riyria Chronicles, Volume One by Michael J. Sullivan
The Rose and the Thorn: The Riyria Chronicles, Volume Two by Michael J. Sullivan
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
The Companions: The Sundering, Book I by R.A. Salvatore
Star Trek: The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallow
Prince of Thorns: Book One of The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence
Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag
King of Thorns: Book Two of The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence
Emperor of Thorns: Book Three of The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence

I didn't really read anything until I went on vacation in November. While there, I read all 10 Shatnerverse novels. Kirk is my favorite character, and I was curious how Shatner handled him. I found the series to be easy to read, here are my basic impressions of each:

Collision Course - It was pretty good. I liked the characterization of young Kirk and the stuff about Kodos. I wish Trial Run hadn't been cancelled.Ashes of Eden - I liked exploring this particular period of Kirk's life. Some people seemed OOC at times, but overall it was a fun story.The Return - I really enjoyed this one, it might be my favorite. Plenty of good moments with the Borg.Avenger - This was good too, it moved at a fast pace, the quarantine idea was interesting, the stuff involving Sarek less so.Spectre - This started off pretty good, but it could be a little out there at times.Dark Victory - Not as good as the last one, it was convoluted but still entertainingPreserver - Some interesting ideas, but a disappointing finale in some ways. Captain's Peril - I'm torn, I appreciated it trying to do something smaller scale and more intimate, but it wasn't as engrossing as the others, the flashbacks were well done thoughCaptain's Blood - This was more like it, one of my favorites and an interesting exploration of the RemansCaptain's Glory - The Totality is an interesting concept, there was some good action in the book. I'd say it was a fitting finale.

Read 101 books this year. Didn't have a goal until I was in the mid 90's then though hey, I should try for a hundred. There were a couple audio books in there but mostly the hight count was due to blasting though some of the old numbered ST books, and almost caught up on all the new stuff except for 3 TOS novels form last year, a bunch of Richard Stark and Hard Case Crimes novels, some Maigret's. The kind of stuff you can read pretty quickly.

Last year I read 22 novels, novellas, comic book trade paperback collections, and comic books arcs. This is all based off of my Shelfari account, so there are a few things that aren't exact. When I read individual comic issues, I didn't count them until I had finished the whole arc, so I wouldn't end up with a million individual issues. I also read a few short stories and parts of onmibuses, but since I didn't complete them I didn't include them.

Star Trek:The Next Generation: Indistinguishable from Magic by David McIntee (novel)

I've only kept track of my reading since i got a kindle a few years ago. In 2011 I read 40 books, and 70 in 2012. I was aiming to double that in 2013, but didnt quite make it - Instead I managed 120. This was the first year I really got into treklit, beyond following New Frontier (inspired mainly by a new frontier re-read early in the year).

I didn't read that much this year (2013 except for my college books) but i started reading the myriad universes novels story and so far the Short novel A less perfect Union is holding my attention and it makes me wish they could do a complete series of novels of the United Earth Starship Enterprise and it's adventures maybe even a book where Commander Kirk finally becomes Captain Kirk.

Only Superhuman by Christopher L. BennettDivergent by Veronica RothThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkePiercing the Darkness by Frank E. PerettiOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodXenocide by Orson Scott CardThe Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware by James DavidgeMavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta by Aritha Van HerkRosemary's Baby by Ira LevinFun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison BechdelThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodApocalypse for Beginners by Nicolas Dickner

Last year, I said that my goal was to balance out the Star Trek with an equal number of non-Trek books. Clearly, I didn't quite accomplish that!

I didn't keep track of my read books in 2013. It was a bad year overall for me and I didn't read from around April until late September. I've read several books about President Kennedy's assassination, plus a few YA series, and some standalone novels.

In 2013 -- actually, from roughly late November 2012 to 2 January 2014, but I'm lumping it all in as 2013, because I didn't think to keep track of exactly when I started these books -- I completed 40 major reading projects. The breakdown is as follows:

I tried to vary my reading subject matter in 2013 as I'd read a lot of Star Trek in previous years. I still ended up with a lot of 'Trek, but there's some humour, original fiction and classics amongst the (still generally excellent) Trek.

This is what I read last year, mostly in the order that I read them (there is some overlap where most of the comics are concerned):

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations, Book Two: Silent Weapons by David Mack (started in Dec. 2012)Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations, Book Three: The Body Electric by David MackStar Trek: The Original Series: Mere Anarchy: Things Fall Apart by Dayton Ward & Kevin DilmoreStar Trek Ongoing, Volume 1 by Mike Johnson, Stephen Molnar & Joe Phillips (comic)Star Trek: The Original Series: Mere Anarchy: The Centre Cannot Hold by Mike W. BarrStar Trek: The Original Series: Mere Anarchy: Shadows of the Indignant by Dave GalanterStar Trek Ongoing, Volume 2 by Mike Johnson, Joe Corroney & Joe Phillips (comic)Star Trek: The Original Series: Mere Anarchy: The Darkness Drops Again by Christopher L. BennettStar Trek: The Original Series: Mere Anarchy: The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Howard WeinsteinStar Trek: The Original Series: Mere Anarchy: Its Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander BonannoCall of Duty: Black Ops II: Rightful King by Michael RudinStar Trek: The Lost Era: The Sundered by Michael A. Martin & Andy MangelsRichard Castle's Deadly Storm, A Derrick Storm Mystery by Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue Deconnick & Lan Medina (comic)Leverage: The Con Job by Matt ForbeckStar Trek: The Original Series: Allegiance in Exile by David R. George IIITorchwood: Border Princes by Dan AbnettStar Trek: New Frontier: Gateways: Cold Wars by Peter DavidStar Trek: New Frontier: Gateways: What Lay Beyond: Death After Life by Peter DavidMass Effect: Deception by William C. DietzStar Trek: New Frontier: Being Human by Peter DavidPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanDoctor Who, Omnibus Volume 1 by Various (comic)Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil's Bargain by Tony DanielLeverage: The Zoo Job by Keith R.A. DeCandidoStar Trek: Federation: The First 150 Years by David A. GoodmanStar Trek: The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams by James SwallowStar Trek: The Original Series: The Weight of Worlds by Greg CoxSupernatural: Fresh Meat by Alice HendersonStar Trek: New Frontier: Gods Above by Peter DavidStar Trek: New Frontier: Stone and Anvil by Peter DavidPsych: A Fatal Frame of Mind by William RabkinStar Trek: The Original Series: The Folded World by Jeff MariotteSupernatural: Beginning's End by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin & Diego Olmos (comic)Stargate SG-1: Relativity by James SwallowStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Loose Ends (Calhoun story) by Dayton WardStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: All That Glisters... (Shelby) by Loren L. ColemanStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Waiting for G'Doh, or How I Learned to Stop Moving and Hate People (Kebron) by David MackStar Trek: The Original Series: The Shocks of Adversity by William LeisnerStargate Atlantis: Dead End by Chris WraightStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Lefler's Logs (Lefler) by Robert GreenbergerStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Alice, on the Edge of Night (Morgan Primus) by Ilsa J. BickRedshirts by John ScalziStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Revelations (Soleta) by Keith R.A. DeCandidoStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Turning Point (Si Cwan) by Josepha ShermanStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Q'uandary (Selar) by Terri OsborneStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Oil and Water (Burgoyne) by Robert T. JeschonekStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Singularity (McHenry) by Christina F. YorkStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: The Road to Edos (Arex) by Kevin DilmoreStar Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures by Christopher L. BennettStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: A Lady of Xenex (D'ndai) by Peg RobinsonFable: Blood Ties by Peter DavidStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Making a Difference (Excalibur) by Mary Scott-WiecekStar Trek: From History's Shadow by Dayton WardStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Performance Appraisal (Mueller) by Allyn GibsonFringe: The Zodiac Paradox by Christa FaustStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Redemption (Xant) by Glenn Hauman & Lisa SullivanThe Walking Dead, Volume 2: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard & Cliff RathburnStar Trek: The Brave and the Bold, Book One by Keith R.A. DeCandido
"The Tomb" by H.P. LovecraftStar Trek: The Brave and the Bold, Book Two by Keith R.A. DeCandidoStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Out of the Frying Pan (Soleta) by Susan ShwartzNikki Heat: Frozen Heat by "Richard Castle"Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: Through the Looking Glass (Burgoyne) by Susan WrightStar Trek: New Frontier: No Limits: A Little Getaway (Calhoun & Shelby) by Peter DavidStar Trek: New Frontier: After the Fall by Peter DavidTorchwood: Risk Assessment by James GossStar Trek: New Frontier: Missing in Action by Peter David
"Dagon" by H.P. LovecraftLeverage: The Bestseller Job by Greg Cox
"Polaris" by H.P. LovecraftStar Trek: The Fall: Revelation and Dust by David R. George III
"Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H.P. LovecraftSupernatural: Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner
"Memory" by H.P. LovecraftStar Trek: The Fall: The Crimson Shadow by Una McCormackJericho, Season 3: Civil War by Various (comic)Doctor Who: Nuclear Time by Oli Smith
"Old Bugs" by H.P. LovecraftStar Trek: The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack
"The Transition of Juan Romero" by H.P. LovecraftRoyal Pains: Sick Rick by D.P. Lyle
"The White Ship" by H.P. LovecraftStar Trek: New Frontier: Turnaround by Peter David & Stephen Thompson (comic)Star Trek: New Frontier: Treason by Peter DavidPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick RiordanStar Trek: New Frontier: Blind Man's Bluff by Peter David (finished in 2014)

I also read a number of the Star Trek comics from DVD collection, but I don't completely remember which ones. I do know that I read all of the Early Voyages.

ETA: If I split up the individual stories from the comics, that makes a total of 100 stories I read last year, not counting what I read from the Star Trek comic collection DVD.

It was a slow year for me, especially in the second half of the year (where my reviewing went of the rails again as well )

Anyway:

Star Trek: The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice: Book Four by James Swallow
Star Trek: The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack
Fearless: A Tale of a Runaway Imagination by Peter David
Star Trek: The Fall: The Crimson Shadow by Una McCormack
Star Trek: The Fall: Revelations and Dust by David R. George III
Star Trek: The Original Series: From History's Shadow by Dayton Ward
Maximum Warp by Julian Wangler, ed. (German non-Fiction book about Star Trek novels)
Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation - A Choice of Futures by Christopher L. Bennett
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Shocks of Adversity by William Leisner
Star Trek Into Darkness by Alan Dean Foster
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Folded World by Jeff Mariotte
Storm Front (Tales from StormWrestling.com) by Lance Storm
Star Trek: Rihannsu: The Empty Chair by Diane Duane
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (reread
Star Trek: The Original Series: The Weight of Worlds by Greg Cox
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams by James Swallow
Storm Warning (Tales from StormWrestling.com) by Lance Storm
Walking a Golden Mile by William Regal
Doctor Who: Devil in the Smoke by Justin Richards
Leverage: The Zoo Job by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (reread)
Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil's Bargain by Tony Daniel Leverage: The Con Job by Matt Forbeck
Pulling Up Stakes, part 2 by Peter David
Thursday Next: The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (reread)
Star Trek: The Original Series: Allegiance in Exile by David R. George III
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (reread)

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Life After Life by Kate Atkisson
Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson
Abominable by Dan Simmons
Joyland by Stephen King
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

Cold Equations Trilogy by David Mack
Spirit Walk Duology by Christie Golden
Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer
Children of the Storm by Kirsten Beyer
Unworthy by Kirsten Beyer
The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer